A young boy describes how his life might change during a tough economic time, and provides positive alternatives to things like eating out, buying new toys, and going on vacation.
Explores the reasons people lose jobs, discusses the economic recession of the early twenty-first century, examines ways people cope with this kind of loss, and provides tips for children of unemployed parents.
Explains what it means to be unemployed, looks at some of the reasons why a person might lose his or her job, tells young people what to expect if a parent is out of work, and advises kids to be patient and talk about their concerns.
Uses the experiences of an unemployed steel worker and his family in Pittsburgh to describe the events of the economic depression that gripped the country from 1929 through 1933.
